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Beginner · Water

Watering a community garden

Hot summers, dry spells – and the beds should still stay green.

Mannheim, Germany

Goal: on average 50 litres of irrigation water per day and storage for 5 dry days. Drinking water is not needed.

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Beginner · Water

Drinking water for a school in Singapore

Hot, humid and lots of rain – almost everything works here. But what makes the most sense?

Singapore

Goal: on average 80 litres of drinking water per day, with its own electricity and storage for one day.

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Beginner · Water

Fog water for a fishing village in the Atacama

Almost never any rain – but the “camanchaca”, a dense coastal fog, regularly climbs the slopes.

Alto Patache, Chile

Goal: on average 40 litres of drinking water per day and storage for 2 days.

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Beginner · Water

Water for a village in the Namib

Hardly any rain, but regular fog from the Atlantic.

Gobabeb, Namibia

Goal: a system that delivers on average at least 80 litres of clean drinking water per day.

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Advanced · Water

Drinking water from air and sun in Dubai

Lots of sun, humid summers, almost no rain – can air water supply a family here?

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Goal: on average 20 litres of drinking water per day, only with its own electricity, all year round – plus storage for 2 days.

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Advanced · Water

Fog nets for mountain villages in Morocco

At the edge of the Sahara, villages get their water from Atlantic fog – a real project.

Aït Baamrane, Morocco

Goal: on average 100 litres of drinking water per day for several families and storage for 3 days.

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Advanced · Water

Water for a pilgrimage site in the Himalayas

Monsoon rain in summer, fog almost all year, frost in winter – a smart mix pays off here.

Pathivara, Nepal

Goal: on average 90 litres of drinking water per day and storage for 7 days, because rain falls only in a few months.

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Beginner · Water

Fog and rain for a highland village in Guatemala

At 3,300 m the clouds often sit right in the village – a real fog project.

Tojquia, Guatemala

Goal: on average 70 litres of drinking water per day for the village and storage for 3 days.

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Beginner · Water

Trade-wind fog in the Anaga mountains on Tenerife

The north-east trade wind pushes moist air against the mountains – a fog belt that brings a lot of water.

Anaga, Tenerife (Spain)

Goal: on average 60 litres of drinking water per day for a hamlet and storage for 2 days.

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Advanced · Water

Cloud forest in Garajonay National Park on La Gomera

An ancient laurel forest lives on fog – but how much water is left for people?

Garajonay, La Gomera (Spain)

Goal: on average 50 litres of drinking water per day for the visitor centre and storage for 2 days.

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Advanced · Water

Drinking water for a farm on Gran Canaria

Little rain, moderate wind, lots of sun – which mix fits?

Gran Canaria (Spain)

Goal: on average 25 litres of drinking water per day, only with its own electricity, ideally all year – plus storage for 2 days.

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Advanced · Water

Air water with wind power on Lanzarote

The windiest of the Canary Islands – is the wind enough for water from the air?

Lanzarote (Spain)

Goal: on average 25 litres of drinking water per day with wind power and storage for 2 days.

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Advanced · Water

Water for a goat farm on Fuerteventura

The driest of the large Canary Islands – here you see how much effort water from the air takes.

Fuerteventura (Spain)

Goal: on average 50 litres of service water per day and storage for 3 days.

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Advanced · Water

Drinking water for a school on La Palma – and the limits of the data

La Palma is steep, green and often cloudy – but the coarse climate grid mostly sees sea.

La Palma (Spain)

Goal: on average 40 litres of drinking water per day with its own electricity and storage for 2 days.

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Advanced · Water

Water and energy for El Hierro

A small island that gets much of its electricity from wind and a pumped-storage plant.

El Hierro (Spain)

Goal: on average 60 litres of drinking water per day for a village, only with wind power, and storage for 2 days.

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Beginner · Electricity

Power for a family home

One roof, four people, 4,000 kWh a year – how much of it can the system cover?

Mannheim, Germany

Goal: at least 60 % of annual consumption comes from the own system. The rest comes from the grid; surplus is exported.

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Advanced · Electricity

A farm on the North Sea coast

Plenty of wind, little winter sun: how do solar and a wind turbine share the work?

Husum, North Frisia

Goal: at least 70 % of the electricity from sun and wind on the farm.

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Advanced · Electricity

A small workshop

12,000 kWh a year and a flat roof: does solar power pay off for a craft business?

Freiburg, Germany

Goal: at least 35 % of consumption from the own system, without a battery.

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Beginner · Electricity

A holiday home without a grid

No connection anywhere near: are sun and battery enough for lights, fridge and pump?

Algarve hinterland, Portugal

Goal: at least 90 % of the electricity from the own system – without a grid, the rest has to come from a generator.

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